Can you trust your WordPress plugin??
March 8th, 2011 | 
Author: An important point to be aware of when dealing with CMSes like WordPress that have the facility to take "plugins" (ie easy software addons), is that not all of them have the quality you might want for your website.
We recently had one of our blog authors completely take down a large WordPress site by installing a badly broken plugin.The question is, how can you assess that quality before making the mistake of installing a bad plugin that destroys your website? Read the rest of this entry »
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News – Feb 2011 – Welcome Slade!
Some quick news from the front …
Special Offer – Ready-to-go WordPress site
This month we have an amazing opportunity – a ready-to-go website at a ridiculous price …
- WordPress installation and customisation
- Thesis flexible DIY Template that allows you to upload your own image as a banner – Thesis normally US$87
- Gravity Form – DIY Contact forms and database – normally US$39
- Basic pictorial user guide to help you get started
- 1 year US Standard Hosting
- 1 year .com domain registration
- Retail price $750
Wait for it….. This week's price: $300
Limit: 5 buyers Read the rest of this entry »
5 reasons why WordPress is awesome
There are so many options to choose from when creating a website or a blog. It can often become a bit overwhelming when forced to make a decision as to which software platform to choose: Joomla, Drupal, WordPress etc. Each and every development option has its fair share of pros and cons, this article will briefly explain why we think WordPress is awesome in 5 quick points:
Flash? Just say no!!
Some of you will be familiar with the idea of "Flash" on web pages. Flash is a special visual interface programming language that used to run on nearly everything. It's commonly used for movie web pages – those fancy websites that you go into that do everything for you. YouTube and similar sites use it to show videos in a portable way.
It used to be that Flash was a great idea as it just worked everywhere.
Not so anymore!
There are two very serious problems with Flash these days.
Which web browser is being used to view your site?
If you're like many people, you probably don't realize that there are actually 4 web browsers in pretty common use on the Web today. It's important that your website works on all these browsers as, if it doesn't work on a particular browser you may be unable to reach a large portion of your market.
Never. Forget. A. Password. again! Ever!!!
Ever experienced losing a password? And having to waste time getting a reset code or link emailed to you? Or having to register yet again? We have .. many times!! Until we found a wonderful little tool recently.
I was quite amazed to discover a wonderful little tool called LastPass about 6 months ago and I’ve been delighted with how useful this gadget has been, and how well implemented it is. LastPass encrypts and saves your passwords safely in a database and will allow you to share them across computers.
Why we don’t use hitcounters in 2010!
Surprisingly often we have people ask us to put Hitcounters on their websites. Read the rest of this entry »
News, Christmas Vouchers, Haleemon relocating
See article for our exciting Christmas blog offer (give a voucher to the person who has everything!) and general News tidbits (Haleemon, Internet IP Addresses, New anti-virus measures).
What’s LAMP hosting when it’s at home?
Have you ever heard the term L-A-M-P hosting and wondered what it means? Actually LAMP hosting simply refers to the web hosting platform used for the great majority of the Internet (in rough terms!) and, spelt out, it stands for: Read the rest of this entry »